[Sheet metal bin]

Here's a video with notes. I edited the note to add the deletion of the side bend before adding stock. Anyhow, the video should give you an idea.

Also I only labelled one finished part - you should really label as you go because it can get confusing.

Harley

Westfalia bins.txt

Westfalia Bins.ics

[Sheet metal bin]

Here you go,

First trick is to NOT use out bends - use smooth bends. use your maths to work out sheet sizes deducting thicknesses and bend radii.

2nd trick is to create all the mitres from the finished bottom sheet size BUT check the create mitre flnages only

Make the whole assembly THEN make two copies of that. On the original, copy delete all the end and the rear side bends. Also delete the corner reliefs so the bend is parallel

 

On the other copies delete the bends you don't want. Move them into position and extend the bottom sheet to make up for the reliefs you deleted. 


If you look at my model you'll see where I deleted bends and then added stock. Then you can change the sheet sizes to match and your top mitres will follow into position.

It took about 3 minutes

 

Westfalia wash bins welded.ics

[Sheet metal bin]

OK, when I get time, I'll have a look. The way I see it at the moment you're better off to design in 3D the 4 separate parts then do a DXF off each, including the unfold. When making mitres, there is an option to create mitre flanges only. This allows you to make the mitre flanges that are all individual as opposed to linked so that if you alter one, the others don't change. The flip side of the coin is that if you want to alter more than one, you have to alter each individual one because they are not linked.

Harley

[Sheet metal bin]

What's the largest sheet size and how will you join them ( butt weld, seam weld, fillet weld )

[Distance constraint to face not working]

Thanks Cary and Kevin,

Darn! I forgot clean about the Smart Dimension constraint. Thanks for the reminder.

Good to know I wasn't imagining things though regards that point to face constraint.

Harley

[Distance constraint to face not working]

Hi all,

I am having trouble getting the distance constraint to face working - see video. Here's where I need the constraints. What am I doing wrong?

There used to be a Mate constraint which you could set an offset - it's not there any more. That used to work with this sort of action I need.

Blade positioning.ics

[More data for Scene Browser and Filenames]

Thanks Dr Seuss

[Structured Frames - Adding Custom Shapes and Sizing Data]

Nice way to finish off the weekend Malcom. Thanks. This so helpful as I have about 10 different extrusion shapes I'd like to use in  this new feature.

@Cary OConnor I reckon videos like this should go into the IC Academy training video list.

Harley

 

[Adding parts to Weldments]

Thanks for that and spending your time to make the video,

Yes, a pity the 45 degree angle you made in the complete profile doesn't come across. Also, I'd need to have 45 degree mitres on the corners.

I aim to end up producing this ( my attached profile being the outer frame );

Harley

[Adding parts to Weldments]

Thanks GNaesland. 

You mentioned you tried this. Did you use that profile I posted in my original post, or something more simplistic of your own?

With this particular profile, there's only ever one size in terms if the underlying 2D sketch. It's making the overall frame size using 4 lengths of that extrusion into a rectangle that I am trying to achieve. Therefore is it necessary to totally restrain that underlying 2D sketch of the profile?

Harley

[*** SOLVED **** What happened to Mate constraint?]

Well... now I know why

Hi all,

I can't seem to get mate constraint to work between faces ( in video and model attached ), like in training video below.

 

mate trial.ics

[Adding parts to Weldments]

Hi Cary et al.

In your structured weldment creation video, you mention that users can add their own sized weldments into the table found in... 

C:\Program Files\IronCAD\20XX\AppData\en-us\Steelbars labelled SteelFrameData.txt

Is it possible to add your own extrusion shape to this table?  For example the shape I have attached. 

Harley

 

DDL-20 Frame.ics

[Next silly question - convert ICD to CAXA ???]

Thanks Kim

I  forgot that.

Harley

[Next silly question - convert ICD to CAXA ???]

Sorted!  Now linking.

[Next silly question - convert ICD to CAXA ???]

Here's my Tech Drawing settings

[Next silly question - convert ICD to CAXA ???]

Thanks Cary. The latter I am afraid as I need the association with the 3D ICS.

Next question. I have lost the file association between the IICD and the ICS.

In ICD I went into to View---> Edit scene but that wasn't helpful.

I then went into Home-->Update all Views, and usually ( if I recall my ICD days right )  there's a menu that comes up saying that it can't find the ICS view and gives you the option to look for it. However I don't get that question, instead I just get this 

How do I go about re-associating the ICD with the correct ICS please?

Harley

[Next silly question - convert ICD to CAXA ???]

I'm picking that the answer will be "No" or "only with extreme difficulty" but I'll ask anyhow;

I have a whole set of ICD drawings ( 2018 ) I need to amend and I wonder if it's possible to easily convert ICD into CAXA ?

Harley

[** Resolved ** Mitre on bend not showing, don't know how it got there]

Thanks Kevin,

Yes that makes sense now. I recall the sheet came from an even more previous design that had miters all the way around.

The 'MitreGhost Mystery' is BUSTED!

[** Resolved ** Mitre on bend not showing, don't know how it got there]

Thanks for the quick response Kevin,

I actually need to get the mitre back as well. Your fix is helpful, but I need to redo the 2.1mm corner reliefs and then add either a corner break of extrusion cut. Which doesn't take all that long I must admit.

I was actually more curious as to how the original 45 degree mitre got there in the first place seeing it does not appear in the scene tree at all. It's almost like it is a 'ghost' feature 

Harley

[** Resolved ** Mitre on bend not showing, don't know how it got there]

Hi all,

Well this is weird indeed. I was re-modelling a sheet metal part from a unit I had designed 2018.

I needed to add some fixing holes to a bend, and as a result need to extend that bend from 26mm to 32 mm.

When examining that bend it has a 45degree mitre cut on it but that cut ( corner relief or cut extrude ) doesn't seem to appear anywhere on the scene tree. If I make the bend 32 mm, the mitre cut angle is wrong ( it needs to be 45 degrees )

I can fix this  with an extrude cut ( messy ) but I can't for the life of me figure out how that 45 degree mitre got there on the bend in the first place.

Harley

NOCMRO left side panel.ics

[Catalog bug Ironcad 2023 SP1]

I had this problem when I first downloaded IC2023.

Without anything else open, I started a new empty scene, floated ( undocked ) all the docking windows ( scene, properties, search etc ) and then redocked them in the area I wanted and finally resized. Then I saved the UIC, closed IC down, shut my computer down, re-booted and it now works perfectly.

I think I even made a post about it....

Harley

[CAXA Draft - dumb question! - how do you do a fillet or a chamfer]

Thanks Malcolm.

[CAXA Draft - dumb question! - how do you do a fillet or a chamfer]

1 hour ago, Bertrand Kim said:

Hi Harley

I never met this situation before, are you sure you changed the tree correctly?

Kim

Hi Kim, I sent an ICS of this in the other post I made.

[CAXA Draft - dumb question! - how do you do a fillet or a chamfer]

Thanks Kevin, that tool seems to be missing on my UI

[CAXA Draft - dumb question! - how do you do a fillet or a chamfer]

Hi all,

If one needs to modify some DXFs in CAXA and place some fillets or chamfers ( as corner breaks aren't transmitting in unfolded art present ), how do you do a fillet or chamfer in CAXA? Pretty basic stuff I know. Just "asking for a friend"

Harley